Marine Science 2013Work program

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Course organisationThe course organisation should provide a clear statement of the structure of the school’s proposed course and the way in which it is organised and sequenced. The course organisation should indicate:

four to eight units of work, ranging from 20 to 55 hours

time allocation for units, ensuring the minimum requirement of 55 timetabled hours per semester is met

integration of the four areas of study within the course of study

evidence of key concepts being covered at least twice before verification, once in Year 11 and once in Year 12

at least one inquiry-based investigation of a marine environment, issue or problem per year

consideration of the organising principles: coherent sequencing, increasing complexity and increasing independence

the areas of study and the key concepts to be covered in each unit

at least two areas of study evident in each unit.

Note: In this template, the assessment plan is included with the course organisation. Schools may choose to provide the course organisation and the assessment plan separately.

The assessment plan provides an indication of the range and balance of assessment instruments and procedures used to gather information about student achievement for the four-semester course of study. The assessment plan should ensure verification folio requirements about student achievements are met, as outlined in Section 4.6 of the syllabus.

Assessment planThe assessment plan must include:

assessment instruments for each unit, including conditions and whether they are formative or summative

the range of assessment techniques required by the syllabus

formative opportunities for students to become familiar with assessment techniques that will be used to make summative judgments

verification folio requirements:

- evidence of student work from Year 12 only

- a minimum of four and a maximum of six assessment instruments

- evidence of each instrument assessing at least two dimensions

- each dimension being assessed at least three times

- one extended marine investigation or action research assessing all three dimensions

- one supervised extended response test

a post-verification assessment instrument that assesses all three dimensions

a student profile for Years 11 and 12 that matches the assessment plan.

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Course organisation and assessment planSe

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Uni

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Unit Time (hrs)

Areas of studyKey concepts / elaborations

Inst

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Assessment technique

FS

Dimensions

Assessment conditionsMB OC CS MSKU

IA

EC

1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 31 1 F

2 F

2 3 F

4 F

5 F

3 6 S

7 S

4 8 S

9 S

Verification

10 S

Outline of intended student learning To demonstrate that the scope and depth of student learning meets syllabus requirements, the school’s proposed work program should include one sample unit of work that demonstrates:

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- integration of all three dimensions

- inclusion of at least two areas of study

- an outline of the key concepts identified in the course of study

- sequence of learning experiences that demonstrates all three dimensions and relevant objectives (refer to syllabus, Section 2).

Unit title:

Area of study MB OC CS MS Key concepts

Time

Assessment technique/s

Dimensions assessed

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Key concepts Possible learning experiences KU

IA

EC

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Sample student profileName:.........................................Teacher:.................................................................Year:....................

Assessment instrument Knowledge and understanding

Investigation and analysis

Evaluation and communication

Year

11

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52464.      

52465.      

52466.      

52467.      

52468.      

Interim standards (monitoring)

Interim level of achievement (monitoring)

Year

12

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1.      

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4.      

Interim standards (verification)

Interim level of achievement (verification)

5.      

Exit standard in each dimension

Exit level of achievement

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